Barak Obama was the first to be both nominated and elected; others like Jesse Jackson have run, but were not nominated.
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Barack Obama
Yes there is,Barack Oboma was the first African American president.
The US has never had an African-American Vice President.
Hattie McDaniel was the first African-American to be nominated for any acting award. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress, and she won for her role as Mammy in Gone with the Wind (1939).
The 44th president is the first African American is, Barak Obama.
Thurgood Marshall, former lead counsel for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, was the first African-American to serve on the Court. He was nominated by President Lyndon Johnson in 1967, and retired in 1991.
Barack Obama is the first American president with any certified African ancestry.
In 1977, the first African American elected National FFA President.
He was the first African-American nominee for President from a major political party.
Hattie McDaniel
The first minority President is President Barack Obama. He is half African American and Caucasian. Most people refer to him as African American.